You don’t need to be told how messy life can become—you are living it. One minute the house is clean (or, at least clean-ish), and the next it appears as though a tornado blew through it…even if you literally cleaned just the day before. It doesn’t even make any sense. It’s hard to keep up with the mess, and honestly, it’s demoralizing when all that clutter just keeps pressing in.
But—not to worry, there are some little hacks out there that do actually help. Not in some kind of magical Pinterest way, but more in the, “hey! This helps this from being completely insane!” kinda way. These 11 organizing hacks are not going to turn your home into a model home, but you might find the whole “clean while you go” practice, slightly less soul crushing.
1. Condense Your Cables
Most of us have a drawer or bucket that’s overflowing with random cables. To keep your cables organized, store each one in a toilet paper roll, then label it.
2. Easy Can Storage
I don’t know about you, but my canned goods are always all over my pantry, and I never know which ones are in there. You can use a magazine holder tilted on its back to keep cans organized and in one convenient spot!
3. Hang Up Hair Tools
To free up counter and drawer space, fasten Command Hooks to the inside of your bathroom vanity cupboards to hang hairdryers, curling irons, straighteners, and other hair tools.
4. Cork Board Jewelry Holder
Jewelry can be one of the most difficult things to store. It always seems to end up in one giant, tangled mess. To combat this, attach a piece of cork board to your wall or the inside of a wardrobe. Use thumbtacks or Command Hooks to hang the jewelry.
5. Hang A Tension Rod
The cupboard under the sink always seems to be a chaotic jumble of cleaning supplies. To free up space and make your cupboard more organized, hang a tension rod across the cupboard. You can hang spray bottles on the rod so there’s more space on the bottom of the cupboard.
6. Roll Your Clothing
Rolling your clothing frees up space in drawers, and it also helps you to actually see what clothing is in there. This is also a great method for packing!
7. DIY Plastic Bag Dispenser
Instead of tossing your plastic bags in a cupboard, you can easily make a dispenser for them out of an old disinfectant wipe container. Click here for the super simple tutorial.
8. Label Your Cords
To know exactly which cord is plugged in where, use old bread bag tags to label them! I so wish I had known about this hack sooner.
9. Hang Scarves
When we throw scarves in a bin on a closet shelf, it’s easy to forget about them. Attach some curtains rings to a hanger to store and display your scarves and I’ll bet you’ll wear them more frequently.
10. Keep Hair Elastics Together
If your house is anything like mine, you probably have at least five hair elastics floating around in every home. To keep your hair elastics in one convenient spot, attach them all to a carabiner.
11. Organize Your Earrings
Earrings are so hard to store and keep organized. It’s also very hard to keep a pair together! To keep your earrings neat and tidy, store them in the compartments of an empty ice cube tray.
